Thursday May 1, the Puget Sound BMW Club takes to the track. A BMW social event with the right theme; track time. It’s unfortunate how very little time BMW’s marked with the performance enabling M, see a chance to squeal tire and reach redline on a proper track. So take advantage Bavarian car lovers, and either join up and hit the track, or make the trip South of the city and watch from the sidelines, as what may appear to be a mild mannered four door sedan transforms into a track terror. Standing on the sidelines is just where we were about two years ago, when a young gentleman in a four door E36 M3 pushed it a little too far. Exiting the final sweeping turn, and making his return to the straight away via a small chicane, the M3 chirped at us as he made his pass and proceeded into full throttle. Three laps, and three tire chirps was all that it took before traction was lost and the M3 turned abruptly, and mangled the nose into the wall of turn 9. Don’t be fooled by that M stamped on the boot of the car, BMW has only given you the means to go fast, now you have to master the skills to do so. The Puget Sound BMW Club http://www.bmwpugetsound.com/ provides the venue to test those skills and improve on the weak areas, and no better track than Pacific Raceways.
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